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This book was the "50 Shades" back in the day

posted 7 years ago by ABBAcat
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All the ladies were reading it and passing it along to their friends, wink wink, to read it too.

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I guess it was the forbidden book for Catholic girls back then.

It was a best seller in which the author signed for a large advance for a 1st time novelist. Big.

And looong before that there was Lady Chatterly’s Lover, and so on. The OP arrived at the dance a little bit late.

50 shades of trite. And the phrase is “back in THE OLD dayS.” Please stop promulgating ghettospeak.

[–] chilidoggg (13053) 2 years ago

Yes it was scandalous.